Top surnames from the 1881 census in Maxey, Northamptonshire

Maxey is an 1881 census registration district in the county of Northamptonshire

Registration districts were originally created for the registration of births, marriages and deaths, rather than specifically for the census. In many cases, registration districts were broadly equivalent to parishes, but not necessarily so.

Top surnames by total occurrences

Surname Total Frequency Index
SMITH365.92114.19
GREEN345.592119.86
BINGHAM193.1250212.77
BROOM132.1382173.33
BLOODWORTH132.13821,274.51
HUFFER101.64472,272.73
FRISBY101.6447380.23
WHITFIELD91.480374.14
FROST91.480326.33
WHITEHEAD91.480321.90
BAXTER91.480324.84
RIPPIN81.3158869.57
HILL81.31585.17
JOHNSON71.15133.43
JACKSON71.15134.12
BLACK71.151317.78
BAKER71.15135.25
MOULD71.1513134.36
WILLIAMSON71.151312.84
LAMBERT71.151321.10
BURTON71.151313.52
ADAMS60.98686.70
WEBB60.98687.28
PEARSON60.98688.50
HORNSBY60.9868151.90
VINE60.9868106.19
KNIGHT60.98688.01
HARRISON60.98684.45
LINCOLN60.9868131.00
PERCIVAL60.986862.96
HARRIS50.82243.24
ATKIN50.822461.58
WOOLEY50.8224128.53
TODD50.822416.16
MARKHAM50.822469.06
SEYMOUR50.822440.23
KEMP50.822414.83
WOOLLEY40.657933.14
CLARK40.65792.19
WADE40.657916.44
TRIGG40.6579116.96
STAPLETON40.657965.57
KIRBY40.657917.34
BUCK30.493423.02
LAKE30.493422.26
WATERS30.493412.28
WORTLEY30.4934163.04
RIPPON30.4934141.51
BOWMAN30.493418.89
WEBSTER30.49345.67

Top surnames by population index

Surname Index Total Frequency
BLESSETT0.6160815000.0000
HUFFER0.616082272.7273
CUTFORTH0.616081666.6667
BLOODWORTH0.616081274.5098
PESTERFIELD0.616081250.0000
SWAILS0.616081000.0000
RIPPIN0.61608869.5652
TOREY0.61608666.6667
FRISBY0.61608380.2281
LEATON0.61608357.1429
BINGHAM0.61608212.7660
BROOM0.61608173.3333
WORTLEY0.61608163.0435
FITZHUGH0.61608153.8462
HORNSBY0.61608151.8987
RIPPON0.61608141.5094
MOULD0.61608134.3570
ALLAM0.61608131.5789
LINCOLN0.61608131.0044
OTTER0.61608130.7190
WOOLEY0.61608128.5347
TRIGG0.61608116.9591
CLOW0.61608108.6957
CURTISS0.61608107.5269
VINE0.61608106.1947
MUNNS0.6160892.1659
MURDOCK0.6160890.9091
TOMBLIN0.6160890.9091
WHITFIELD0.6160874.1351
FRESHWATER0.6160872.9927
MARKHAM0.6160869.0608
STANHOPE0.6160868.4932
DEXTER0.6160867.1141
STAPLETON0.6160865.5738
PERCIVAL0.6160862.9591
COTTINGHAM0.6160861.7284
ATKIN0.6160861.5764
BURBIDGE0.6160848.3092
SEYMOUR0.6160840.2253
PATCHETT0.6160834.2466
WOOLLEY0.6160833.1400
PILCHER0.6160832.8947
PEACH0.6160830.3951
CHRISTOPHER0.6160827.9330
COOKSON0.6160827.8940
FROST0.6160826.3312
BAXTER0.6160824.8413
LANDER0.6160824.0385
BUCK0.6160823.0238
LAKE0.6160822.2552

The Total column shows the total number of people in that county or town with this surname. For example, there were 608 people called BLESSETT in Maxey at the time of the 1881 census.

The Frequency column shows the percentage of people in this county or town with this surname. For example, a frequency of 15000.0000 in Maxey means that 15000.0000% of the people in Maxey on census day were called BLESSETT.

The Index column shows the relative probability of finding someone called BLESSETT in this county or town, compared with the probability of finding them anywhere in Britain as a whole. An index of 1 means that if you pick someone at random from this county or town, you have exactly the same probability of picking someone called BLESSETT as if you picked at random from the whole of the UK. Where the index is higher than 1, then you are more likely to find someone called BLESSETT here than if you picked from the UK as a whole, and where it's lower then you are less likely. The actual figure shows the level of probability - for example, a figure of 2 would indicate that you are twice as likely to find someone called BLESSETT here than in the UK as a whole, and 10 would make it ten times as likely. The value of 0.61 in Maxey means that you are 0.61 times as likely to find someone with the surname of BLESSETT in Maxey than you would be in the whole of the UK.

All the surnames recorded in Maxey in 1881

(including typos, unknowns and the ones we don't have any data for!)

ADAMS (6)  ALLAM (1)  ANDREW (2)  ATKIN (5)  EANOR (6)  BACON (2)  BAGWORTH (1)  BAKER (7)  BAXTER (9)  BECHOR (5)  BINGHAM (19)  BLACK (7)  BLESSETT (3)  BLOODWORTH (13)  BOLLANDS (3)  BOLTON (1)  BOWMAN (3)  BOYALL (1)  BERETON (2)  BROOM (13)  BUCK (3)  BULL (1)  BURBIDGE (1)  BURTON (7)  CARTER (1)  CHALMERS (1)  CHARITY OR CHANTRY (18)  CHAPMAN (2)  CHRISTOPHER (1)  CLAPTON (1)  CLARK (4)  CLARKE (1)  CLOW (2)  COLLISHAW (2)  COOKSON (2)  COOPER (1)  COTTINGHAM (1)  CURTISS (1)  CUTFORTH (2)  DAWSON (1)  DEXTER (3)  DIXON (1)  DRAPER (2)  ENTIMS (1)  ERISON (4)  FOWLER (1)  FRESHWATER (1)  FRISBY (10)  FROST (9)  GARNER (1)  GARFORD (12)  GRAHAM (2)  GREEN (34)  ANKINS (7)  HARRIS (5)  HARRISON (6)  HAY (2)  HILL (8)  HORNSBY (6)  HUFFER (10)  FITZHUGH (1)  HYDE (2)  INGLIS (1)  JACKSON (7)  JAMES (2)  JENNINGS (1)  JOHNSON (7)  KEMP (5)  KENDALL (1)  KIRBY (4)  KISBY (1)  KNIGHT (6)  LAKE (3)  LAMBERT (7)  LANDER (1)  LARRATT (7)  LEATON (1)  LINCOLN (6)  LOWETH (8)  LYMER (1)  MARKHAM (5)  MEASURES (2)  MORRIS (2)  MORTON (1)  MOULD (7)  MUNNS (2)  MURDOCK (2)  OTTER (2)  PATCHETT (1)  PATEMAN (17)  PEACH (2)  PEARSON (6)  PENTNEY (2)  PERCIVAL (6)  PESTERFIELD (1)  PILCHER (1)  PLOWRIGHT (7)  POPE (1)  PORTER (2)  QUANBURY (2)  RIPPIN (8)  RIPPON (3)  SANDERSON (1)  SEARLE (1)  SEYMOUR (5)  SHARPE (2)  SHELTON (1)  SMITH (36)  SMITHERINGALE (10)  SOPPS (1)  SPENDELOW (5)  SPENDLOW (7)  STANHOPE (1)  STANSYON (1)  STAPLETON (4)  STEVENS (1)  SWAILS (1)  TAILBY (2)  TEMPLESNAN (1)  THORNLEY (1)  TIBBETT (3)  TODD (5)  TOMBLIN (1)  TOMLIN (TOMBLIN) (6)  TOREY (1)  TRIGG (4)  TYERS (1)  VICKERS (2)  VINE (6)  WADE (4)  WALLDEN (3)  WARD (1)  WATERS (3)  WEBB (6)  WEBSTER (3)  WHITEHEAD (9)  WHITFIELD (9)  WILLIAMSON (7)  WOOLEY (5)  WOOLLEY (4)  WORTLEY (3)